Westbury Ironstone Quarry () is a 5,600 square metre
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...
just west of
Westbury in Wiltshire, England,
notified in 1965. The quarry was once an important source of Upper Oxfordian Westbury Iron Ore.
Sources
English Nature citation sheet for the site(accessed 25 July 2006)
External links
English Nature website(SSSI information)
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1965
Westbury, Wiltshire
Quarries in Wiltshire
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